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Author Topic: V Beacon 6928 CW 2343 UTC 25 Sep 2016  (Read 1485 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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V Beacon 6928 CW 2343 UTC 25 Sep 2016
« on: September 25, 2016, 2344 UTC »
Quite weak, but hearing it faintly. Sends V every 4 seconds or so. Much stronger on Twente, so likely in Europe?

I see this was logged in 2014: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18831.0.html
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Re: V Beacon 6928 CW 2343 UTC 25 Sep 2016
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2016, 1220 UTC »
Heard again last evening on the SDR recording, around 0025z.
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Re: V Beacon 6928 CW 2343 UTC 25 Sep 2016
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2016, 1400 UTC »
Pretty sure this is one of the Russian single letter beacons, it has been on that freq for quite a while.

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Re: V Beacon 6928 CW 2343 UTC 25 Sep 2016
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2016, 0658 UTC »
"V" used to be on 7.002MHz but these Russian single letter beacons move around, vanish from one frequency and pop up on another, usually within the allocation.  "M" Magadan is a prime example of showing up on an unpublished frequency only to vanish to another.

"V" is a Russian single letter beacon located in Khiva, in the Xorazm region of Uzbekistan.

I have not heard this one for a couple of years so glad you grabbed this one, one of the rarer Russian single letter beacons, well done! ;D

Thanks for the heads up too, heard it quite clear on 6.928MHz CW "V" this morning my time at 1824z 419-529 report. A new one for me! :D
« Last Edit: October 25, 2016, 1827 UTC by Looking-Glass »
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